Oil tank faucet bar lock



y 1932- R. w. HYNDMAN 1,860,288

OIL TANK FAUCET BAR LOCK Filed Aug'. 2 8, v1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Invenlor May 24, 1932- R. w. HYNDMAN OIL TANK FAUCET BAR LOCK Filed Aug. 28, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Invenlor A llorney Patented May 24,1932

.UNI'TED'FSTATESY PATE OF E, .f

Ross w. HYNDMAN, or nus moiivns, Iowa 01;. Tenn-Favour BA RfLocK Application filed Au glist as, 1930. sem no. 47a451. 1

expensive to manufactureand install, thor-. oughly efficient and reliable in use and other- Wise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. r With the above and numerous other objects in viewas will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 1s a rear elevation of a tank strucfully described and 'ture showing my improved lock features in-\ corporated therewith, I

Figure 2 is a somewhat slmilar view show- 3 ing the lock structure in an open position,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the lock structure, 3

Figure 4 is'a perspectiveviewof the bar,

Figure 5is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 1, and Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substa'ntially on the line 66 of Figure 3.. d i 1 I Referring to the drawings in detail itwill be seen that the numeral-5 denotes a tank on' an automobile chassis 6 which includes longi-' tudinal beams 7 On the rear extremities.

of these beams are mounted myimproved lock structure. On one extremity is mounted a U- M bolt 8 having one leg longer than the other and its bight portion j ournalled through a bearing 9 of an elongatedbar 10thereby hingedly mounting the bar 10. The free end of the bar 10 is offset as indicatedat 11 and hasa slot 12 therein. On the bar 10are aplural- 1 ity of U-sha-ped clips 14 one'extremity 15 of f tails of construction, tion and arrangement of parts may be resort- 85 each clip diverging outwardly from the other extremities."v These clips are adaptedto straddle the faucets 16 so as to prevent access tov j the headsfthereof which are usuallyoperated bywrenches. On the extremity of the other 6|} side beams there isani eye bolt 17, the eye portion of which is adapted to the slot 12 when the bar 10 is in its, position as shownin Figures 1 and3 so thata padlock 18 or the like may be engaged therewith to 00 i prevent thelifting or upward swingingof the bar .10; By unlocking the padlock and V V removing the same the bar 10. may be swung 5 to the position shown in Figure 2 and in order that it may be placed in an upwardly-and V sidewardly inclined position, a portion 10 of 1 the bar 10' is at an angle thereto adjacent the bearingQQto rest on the beveled portion 20 of theextremity of the side beam 7 having the U-bolt8 therein. 7 d v7 It isthought that the construction, utility, operation, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those'skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. y j i i The present embodiment ofthe' invention has been described in ,c nsiderabIe detaiI merely for the purpose of exemplification" since infactual practice itjattains the features I v of advantage enumerated as desirableiinthe statement of-the invention and the above (18': 2' s'cription.

' It will beapparent and in "thecombina ed to without; departing from the'spirit or;

scope ofthe invention as hereinafter claimed 1 7' orsacr ificing any-of its advantages. r V 1 Havlng thus described my invention, what I-claim as new is:

prising a bar, anumber of inverted U-shaped 1,

members fastened to one face of the bar, one 1" limb of each member flaring outwardly from I other limb. V

the other limb and of greaterzlengththan said; i i V Intestimonywhereof I mysignature.

extend through I that changes inthedev V I eo f' Alocking device ofthe class described com- 

